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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act establishing the position of Town Manager in the town of Belchertown"
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description: "By Representative Saunders of Belchertown and Senator Oliveira, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3960) of Aaron L. Saunders and Jacob R. Oliveira (by vote of the town) for legislation to establish the position of town manager in the town of Belchertown. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
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legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
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session: "193rd"
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identifier: "H 3960"
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citation: "Massachusetts H 3960 (193rd)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-06-29"
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last_action: "2024-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd39233a-3a35-428d-a082-fe722c19c046"
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source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3960"
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source_hash: "390e91f258137d99edcb0908b12c74dcd8a8ca6cfe2c708fc6e33d9d4009b21d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
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---
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# Massachusetts H 3960 (193rd) — An Act establishing the position of Town Manager in the town of Belchertown
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By Representative Saunders of Belchertown and Senator Oliveira, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3960) of Aaron L. Saunders and Jacob R. Oliveira (by vote of the town) for legislation to establish the position of town manager in the town of Belchertown. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3960.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron L. Saunders — cosponsor (person)
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- Jacob R. Oliveira — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-29** Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government `referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-03** Senate concurred
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- **2023-07-11** Hearing scheduled for 07/18/2023 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in A-2
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- **2023-09-25** Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-10-19** Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
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- **2023-10-19** Rules suspended
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- **2023-10-19** Read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-11-02** Read third and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-11-06** Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-02-26** Taken out of the Orders of the Day
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- **2024-02-26** Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-28** Enacted `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 2024 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd39233a-3a35-428d-a082-fe722c19c046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).
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